Perpetrators of gender-based violence are wielding a new digital weapon against Pakistani journalists
The journalists being threatened with artificial intelligence
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Zofeen T. Ebrahim
Zofeen T. Ebrahim
Zofeen Ebrahim is a freelance journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistan’s political vandals
As Pakistan gears up for a general election, Ahmadi Muslims are experiencing vandalism at the hands of police and extremist politicians
Pakistan: “The end of pluralism and choice”
Militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Pakistan’s Khyber agency has asked residents to enrol at least one of their sons to madrassas run by LI or pay large fines. Zofeen T. Ebrahim reports
Boko Haram: “If it can happen in Nigeria, it can happen here in Pakistan”
More than three weeks after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from the northern Nigerian town of Chibok by Boko Haram (BH), an Islamist militant group, the world is finally awake to the tragedy. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Rashid Rehman: “Courage in the face of threats and harassment”
Early last month when human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman, from Multan, in Punjab province, was threatened that he would not be present at the next hearing as he would not be alive, it was no idle threat. Zofeen Ebrahim reports on the latest assassination to rock Pakistan
Pakistan: Journalists urged to unite for protection
In the sixth attack on Express Media employees unknown assailants threw a hand grenade at the gate of Express News bureau chief’s house. Though no one was injured in Sunday’s incident, it highlights the dangers for Pakistan’s journalists, Zofeen Ebrahim reports
US report criticises Pakistan’s abuse of blasphemy laws
There are 14 individuals known to be on death row while 19 others are serving life sentences on charges of committing blasphemy, according to new report. Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Pakistan: Group declares laws against child marriage are “un-Islamic”
The move has been slammed by a coalition of over a hundred Islamabad-based civili society organisations, who have labelled it a violation of Pakistani women’s and girls’ fundamental human rights. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Pakistan: Historic conviction for journalist killers
Guilty verdict a step forward in fight against impunity. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Pakistan: Between a “cultural coup” and giving “peace another chance”
Hoping to use culture to battle Pakistan’s slide into “Talibanisation”, the son of Benazir Bhutto kicked off a two-week-long arts festival on 1 February. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Pakistan’s politics thwart launch of Malala book
Peshwar University found itself at the centre of a controversy surrounding the launch of I Am Malala when police refused to provide security for the event. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Pakistan’s religious kidnappings: Forced conversions and marriages
An increase in kidnappings of Hindu girls who are then coerced to embrace Islam and forced to marry has raised concerns in Pakistan, Zofeen Ebrahim writes